Rand Paul: An Anti-Government Conspiracy Theorist?

David Corn,Columnist

Should a U.S. senator hang out with a 9/11 conspiracy theory champion?

That's a question for Rand Paul, the Tea Party favorite who this week won the Republican Senate primary in Kentucky. While Paul was still celebrating, he created a media-political tempest by declaring that he opposed the provision of the historic Civil Rights Act of 1964 that bans discrimination by private businesses.